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Tsuga caroliniana Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga caroliniana Woodland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These forests have dense to open canopies dominated by <i>Tsuga caroliniana</i>. Occurrences in gorges sometimes have a substantial admixture of <i>Tsuga canadensis</i>. Other associated species may include <i>Pinus pungens, Pinus rigida, Pinus virginiana, Quercus montana</i>, and <i>Quercus rubra</i>. The shrub stratum is dense and dominated by ericaceous species, such as <i>Gaylussacia baccata, Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron carolinianum, Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum</i>, and <i>Vaccinium</i> spp. Trees may be wind-shorn, gnarled and twisted in exposed situations. These forests occur mostly on cliffs, rocky slopes and ridges, and less commonly on more gentle slopes and flat areas in valleys. Soils are usually nutrient-poor and rocky, with much exposed rock surface. Occurrences of these forests tend to be small and have distinct boundaries. <i>Tsuga caroliniana</i> is an Appalachian endemic with a very limited range, scattered in the Southern Blue Ridge and occasional in the Piedmont and Ridge and Valley. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38023-{B8995383-40B8-4BCC-95B7-482CC6D9B036}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.898966 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A0144
  Translated: Carolina Hemlock Woodland Alliance
  Common: Carolina Hemlock Woodland
  Scientific: Tsuga caroliniana Woodland Alliance